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Meanings of focal contact in anglès
Small region on the surface of a cell that anchors the cell to the extracellular matrix and that forms a point of termination of actin filaments.
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Decades of haj tradition dictate the norm is to not wear jewelry.
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The main haj pilgrimage will this year take place in November.
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Most pilgrims are from Asia, especially Indonesia which has the highest haj quota.
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God willing, I will do the haj when I can get things together.
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More than two million pilgrims flock to Saudi Arabia for the annual haj pilgrimage.
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Genes most affected by MK886 included actin B and focal adhesion components.
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In addition novel potential functionalities were uncovered, including phagocytosis and focal adhesion.
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Interestingly, we observed hypophosphorylation of molecules including focal adhesion kinase and paxillin.
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Furthermore, actomyosin-dependent basal constriction requires focal adhesion kinase to guide dome-shape formation.
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We hypothesized that PKP2 may regulate focal adhesion dynamics and cell migration.
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Background: FAK localization to focal adhesions is essential for its activation and function.
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Assembly and modulation of focal adhesions during dynamic adhesive processes are poorly understood.
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Vinculin was identified as a component of focal adhesions and adherens junctions nearly 40 years ago.
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Stress fibers and focal adhesions are complex protein arrays that produce, transmit and sense mechanical tension.
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This results in a net increase in active Rho, and increased stress fibers and focal adhesions.
Usage of focal contact in anglès
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Nonetheless, focal contact proteins are central to mechanisms that regulate skin cell motility.
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These results implicate the peptide segment nearest to the transmembrane region in focal contact localization.
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Interaction between individual FNIII domains and beta1 integrins mediates focal adhesion kinase phosphorylation and subsequent stress fiber and focal contact formation.
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Remarkably, both focal contact and hemidesmosomal proteins appear involved in determining the speed and directional migration of epidermal cells by modulating several signal transduction pathways.
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PKC delta EC contained significantly greater numbers of focal contacts per cell.
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Two days after plating, the majority of the focal contacts were placed on the oxide lines.
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We review the molecular components, functions, dynamics and cross-talk of hemidesmosomes and focal contacts in keratinocytes.
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Moreover, the number of focal contacts was enhanced by the increase of RGDC peptide densities grafted onto the material surface.
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Critical Issues: Although many publications are centered on focal contacts, their existence in tissues such as the skin is controversial.
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In transfected COS-1 cells, punctin is deposited in the cell substratum in a punctate fashion and is excluded from focal contacts.
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The longest truncated beta 1 subunit tested, which is only four amino acids shorter than the wild type, does localize to focal contacts.
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Small focal contacts were also observed with tubulovesicular structures, likely to be endosomes, and with sparse multivesicular bodies and lysosomes found in our reconstructions.